Swedish artist ionnalee has returned with “la la love,” a track from her upcoming album Close Your Eyes (English language version) & Blund (Swedish language version) on June 21st via TWIMC. About the new song ionnalee reflected, “It’s about looking at oneself from a wider point of view like one could in a dream, with all the physical disconnect in a less integrated world are we losing the power to feel love? I grew up with music reminding me about “love love love” but that doesn’t reach me anymore. So I want the song to be my first song ever about just that, ’cause over my 9 albums made, I’ve been yet to write my first song about love.”

Recorded in two languages English and Swedish, the new record was made with close collaborator Claes Björklund, and sees a return to the electronic textures and analogue sounds that have brought ionnalee a fervent and devoted fanbase. Lee reflected, “I recently moved out of Stockholm back to the area where I grew up in Östergötland. I’ve begun converting this old farmhouse into a studio. Singing in my mother tongue gives my artistry a different angle and that feels really exciting – it’s like exploring a new language!”

We last saw ionnalee in 2022, the same week her son was born when she released iamamiwhoami’s studio album. iamamiwhoami went on to wow audiences when she toured in Europe and South America, which included a special guest collaboration from Imogen Heap at her Earth show in London.

ionnalee has collaborated with Röyksopp, Moby, Imogen Heap, Joe Goddard, TR/ST and Zola Jesus. Her own label ‘To whom it may concern.’ also continues to function as a creative platform for herself and collaborators since 2010 most recently signing Swedish cult artist Jenny Wilson to the label in 2024 with TWIMC debut Alphabet of Absence.

ionnalee
Close Your Eyes
Tracklisting:

1. la la love
2. innocence of sound
3. not your cherry
4. forgive her
5. luminary rainbows
6. the end of every song
7. run wild
8. darkness is a real place (with choir)
9. you hold me like water
10. who

2024 Tour dates below

May 17 – Philadelphia, Underground Arts
May 18 – Brooklyn, Warsaw
May 22 – Chicago, Subterranean
May 24 – Denver, Oriental Theatre
May 29 – Phoenix, Nile Theater
June 1 – Los Angeles, Belasco
June 2- San Diego, Voodoo Room
June 4 – San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
June 6 – Seattle, The Crocodile
June 7 – Portland, Wonder Ballroom
Sep 28 – Stockholm, Fotografiska (360° audio visual experience)
Sep 29 – Stockholm, Fotografiska (360° audio visual experience)

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